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US News and World Report’s annual ranking of the top medical schools is out, and once again Harvard nabbed the top spot. New York University and Columbia University medical schools round out the top three. Did your alma mater make the top 10? The rankings also look at the best medical schools for primary care training.

An analysis by an Australian physician is making waves by suggesting that an infamous study of vitamin C treatments for sepsis may be fraudulent. The study author alleges that the pre- and post-comparison groups involved in the 94-patient study were too similar to be realistic and that the data were fabricated.

More doctors than ever are building a public presence and sharing their expert perspectives with the American public, almost creating themselves as “celebrities.” Still, their influence cannot be understated. Here are seven of the most influential, according to Healthgrades. Our guess is you’ve probably heard of a few.

Nurses and the American Nurses Association (ANA) worry the conviction of RaDonda Vaught could set precedent as the profession struggles with burnout and exhaustion due to COVID-19. In 2019, Vaught, 38, was charged with reckless homicide and impaired adult abuse after she allegedly gave a patient a paralytic instead of a sedative ahead of a PET scan.

A strongly worded opinion piece in The British Medical Journal argues that evidence-based medicine has been corrupted. Specifically, the editorial piece argues that the pharmaceutical industry’s responsibility to its shareholders means that priority must be given to their hierarchical power structures, product loyalty, and public relations propaganda over scientific integrity.

What do family physicians and infectious disease doctors have in common? They are both medical specialties that pay the lowest when factored for number of hours worked. Read the full list to see if your specialty is among the lowest paid in the US. The results might be surprising.